TIL about the existence of Wikipedia's Nearby page, a list of pages tagged with coordinates nearby where you are
TIL about the existence of Wikipedia's Nearby page, a list of pages tagged with coordinates nearby where you are
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Shame you can't manually input a location (not only for privacy, but for tourists and visitors who might want to plan ahead)
44 0 ReplyYou can! You just need to construct your URL manually.
For example, let's say you're in Idaho: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Nearby#/coord/43.1896782,-112.3461974
The numbers at the end are latitude and longitude. You can get these numbers from a GPS app, Google Maps, or OpenStreetMap. For example, here's that same location on OSM: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/43.1896782/-112.3461974 . You can see the coordinates at the end of the URL.
Bit of a hassle, but you could potentially write a script or bookmarklet to make this easier.
63 0 ReplyThanks, as you say, that's a lot of hassle and not something a random user would be able to know on their own, so I appreciate the info!
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Nearby#/coord/LAT,LONG
replace LAT and LONG
16 0 ReplyYou can. I
- opened gMaps
- grabbed my lat/long
- corrected the nearby URL because in #Canada it's always wrong when on desktop
- found the building I was in is apparently 1.3 km away, which will affect my walk to the loo
But the facility being wrong is secondary; it's possible.
4 0 ReplyWhat is the structure of the Nearby URL when manually entering coordinates?
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By the makers of wikipedia:
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